Hosted on MSN

Descendants of Sask. elders who made Plains Cree language recordings work to translate them

When Caroline Poorman, 77, listens to recordings her father made of oral stories in the Plains Cree language, memories flood back to her. Poorman can hear the crackling of the woodstove, smell tea and ...
Hosted on MSN

Sask. woman helping to translate decades-old Plains Cree recordings — including some of her father

In the 1960s and '70s, Cree elders in Kawacatoose First Nation shared stories in their language on audio recordings. Now their descendants are translating and transcribing them into English. Courier ...